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A Monumental Anniversary
Nearly eighty years ago, on 29 January 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt created Badlands National Monument.
January 2019
Like Many Others. . . . South Dakota
Occasionally, a photograph catches my eye. Most recently, it was an image of a lone, seemingly disgruntled, woman that grabbed my attention.
December 2018